GIS Solutions Architect - Worthing, West Sussex/Remote/WFH

GIS Solutions Architect - Worthing, West Sussex/Remote/WFH

6 months rolling contract/£650 per day (OUTSIDE IR35)/based in Worthing with some remote working, but still require to be in the office

My client a leading technology strong professional services company seek an experienced Solution Architect with specific experience of working with GIS/Geospatial Information Systems. You will provide solutions consultancy services to support the delivery of IT Solutions Delivery within the Applications - GIS/Geospatial Information Systems arena.

Duties and responsibilities for the GIS Solutions Architect:

• Provide architectural oversight and support for the application environment.
• To meet and maintain required Non-Functional Requirements and future needs including Capacity planning, availability, performance, house-keeping, monitoring.
• Leading technical teams as appropriate in application development/support activity.
• Maintaining Functional and Non-Functional Requirements.
• Architecting new IT Solutions as required.
• Liaising with 3rd party product providers to understand future enhancements, product roadmaps, new developments and communicate as required to business, user and IT Stakeholders.
• Documenting solution architecture.
• Assist in deploying applications to internal and external customer facing environments.
• Coaching the application support and infrastructure support teams.
• Analysing and recommending service quality improvement activities.
• Assist in other solutioning activities as required by the Technical Design Authority function.

Essential knowledge/Experience required for the GIS Solutions Architect:

• Technical knowledge and experience of GIS Solutions and associated tools.
• ESRI experience (specific to Water industry).
• Relevant technical experience managing, developing and upgrading applications, within application/solution design.
• Strong technical aptitude.
• Experience with Business Process Analysis.
• Experience of end-to-end application solution architecture/design methods and patterns for example design in areas such as COTS, Web/Digital, operational technologies, Back Office and Front Office.
• Architecture of medium complexity enterprise solutions.

Additional knowledge required for the GIS Solutions Architect:

• Experience in a range of application development languages.
• Experience in application integration using services-oriented and/or Middleware approaches.
• Experience in database technologies (eg Oracle, DB2, SQL Server).
• Experience with working with external 3rd party product providers.
• Experience in deployment of applications into hosted/data centre environments and associated configuration of application and infrastructure.
• Ideally have exposure or experience in ITIL.

GIS Solutions Architect - Worthing, West Sussex/Remote/WFH

6 months rolling contract/£650 per day (OUTSIDE IR35)/based in Worthing with some remote working, but still require to be in the office